by Wanda | Feb 25, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
We’ve all got standby dishes: Those recipes we know by heart and are known for by our friends. My friend Bonnie Judd is an eclectic and excellent cook and the most gracious hostess at her beautiful country home, Pu’u Pueo. Oh, the parties we’ve had...
by Wanda | Feb 16, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Spent a long weekend on Maui, which explains the blog-less days of last week. My mother’s home is Internet-free. Every time I go there, I suffer severe withdrawal, though not quite severe enough to send me to Starbucks (or Wailuku Coffee Co.) every day. Best...
by Wanda | Feb 15, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Boy was I proud of myself on Valentine’s Day! For a while, anyway. I planned a red main dish: Indian butter chicken, which has a tomato-based sauce, accompanied by cardamom rice (1 cup long grain rice, steamed with 2 cups water, a tablespoon of ground cardamom...
by Wanda | Feb 8, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
When the new Safeway opened on Beretania, I approached with caution. I used to live in Makiki and the old store conveniently shared a parking lot with my bank. It was right-sized, neither dauntingly big, like Costco, nor cramped, like Foodland Beretania. I knew all...
by Wanda | Feb 4, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Twenty years after the Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs group set out to improve the numbers, we still import 92 percent of the food eat here in Hawai’i. But that can be changed. It should be. It will be. That was a central message Saturday night as filmmakers...
by Wanda | Feb 3, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
OOOOPS! I thought I posted this Thursday night. So here it is!… PLEASE NOTE: I posted twice today — see the one before this if you like caramel and butterscotch! Having savored a melting misoyaki butterfish on the Valley Isle, I wanted to check out the Honolulu...